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Effres & Associates
California Personal Injury Attorneys
24025 Park Sorrento
Suite 240
Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone: (818) 222-9720
Toll Free: (888) 601-6529
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Representative Results

AIRPLANE CRASH

• Airplane Crash - Death of Flight Attendant from terrorist explosion of Aircraft. $10,000,000

AUTO ACCIDENT

• Auto Accident / Dangerous Highway - Fractured leg, shoulder, head injury and pain syndrome to 44 year old Bank Vice-President struck head on due to dangerous highway. $4,099,000
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. Wrongful death to 69 year old father of adult son. $1,200,000
• Auto Accident - Intersection collision. Cerebral concussion with nerve damage to 16 year old girl. $1,130,000
• Auto Accident -wrongful death of commuter van passenger when van drove off of roadway-$1,018,868
• Auto Accident - Broken leg to 36 year old production biller when a car cut in front of his motorcycle. $1,000,000
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. Hairdresser-age 55 neck and back sprain. Homemaker-fractured leg. $925,946
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident - 5 year old boy skipping across street heading to playground struck by auto. Wrongful death. $500,000
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. 35 year old real estate agent suffers closed head injury resulting in migraine headaches. 30 year old sales rep- Right elbow and knee trauma. $485,000
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident -Truck runs over woman pushing a shopping cart in supermarket parking lot. Wrongful death of 68 year old mother of 4 adult children. $420,000
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. 38 year old nurse- Cervical vertebral fracture. 53 year old homemaker- Fractured ribs, shoulder and collarbone. 19 year old dancer- Knee injury. $390,000
• Auto Accident - Herniated cervical disc to 45 year old homemaker from head on collision. $375,000
• Auto v. Pedestrian - Van strikes 6 year old girl riding her bike down her driveway into the street. Lacerated scalp, liver and kidney; fractured skull and ribs. $370,000
• Auto Accident - Sheriff in pursuit of drunk driver cuts corner in residential neighborhood striking car of 20 year old man as he is pulling out of parking space. Annular tear to disc in low back. $305,000
• Auto Accident - U.S. Marine truck on wrong side of road causes head on collision. Herniated disc to neck-no surgery to 36 year old heavy equipment operator. $300,000
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident - Death of elderly woman struck by a car in a mall parking lot. $300,000
• Auto Accident - Rear end collision. 50 year old electronic technician. Herniated cervical disc surgery. $300,000
• Auto Accident - Rear end collision. Cubital tunnel syndrome-no surgery to 34 year old dentist. $275,000
• Auto Accident -aggravation of low back injury to young mother. $255,000
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. Herniated disc with low back-surgery to 43 year old designer. $250,000
• Auto Accident/Insurance Bad Faith-Freeway collision - Fractured arm to 32 year old woman.$202,500
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident - 59 year old woman struck in marked crosswalk. Sub-capital fracture of right hip. $200,000
• Auto Accident - Elbow injury to retired Navy Lieutenant in rear end auto collision. $195,000
• Auto Accident -Fractured arm to furniture maker. $187,500
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. 63 year old executive director with right hand and thumb scar. $172,500
• Auto Accident - Collision in parking lot. Female tax consultant suffers annular tear to low back. $150,000
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident - Valet driver drives car into 33 year old city treasurer as treasurer is crossing in front of car. Anterior cruciate ligament injury to left knee. $144,973
• Auto Accident - Freeway collision. Myofascial pain syndrome to 40 year old bookkeeper. $132,500
• Auto Accident - wrist injury to foodmarket checker from intersection auto collision. $115,410
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident - Laceration to cheek of 6 year old boy hit by a truck while riding a scooter. $110,000
• Auto Accident - Knee injury to Avon Lady in rear end collision. $100,500
• Auto Accident -aggravation of neck injury to retired police officer. $100,000
• Auto/Pedestrian Accident -shoulder injury to 77 year old grandmother. $100,000
• Auto Accident - Head on collision. 3 fractured ribs and toe injury to 67 year old corporate officer. $100,000

CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT

• Construction Accident - 41 year old painter falls from a catwalk with a missing guardrail. Fractured left elbow, wrist and pelvis. $1,788,361
• Construction Site Accident - Leg and neck injury to pipe-fitter due to ill maintained scissor lift. $1,000,000.
• Construction Accident - Degloving injury to asphalt worker when pinned under dump truck backing up at construction site. $732,250
• Construction Accident - Makeshift scaffolding collapse. Concussion, wrists, right hand and collarbone fractures to 46 year old journeyman framer. $525,000
• Construction Accident - electrician suffers arm laceration when plywood is dropped from second floor. $180,000

DENTAL MALPRACTICE

• Dental Malpractice - Right lingual nerve severed from careless lower wisdom tooth extraction. Permanent numbness to right half of tongue and taste alteration to 32 year old courier. $894,305 (highest known jury verdict at the time in California for this type of case.
• Dental Malpractice - Both Lingual nerves severed from careless lower wisdom tooth extractions. Permanent tongue numbness and taste alteration to 37 year old Maryland police officer. Reported to be the highest dental malpractice verdict at the time in the Commonwealth of Virginia. $750,000
• Dental Malpractice - Both lingual nerves of food market employee severed from lower wisdom tooth extraction. $615,000
• Dental Malpractice - Right lingual nerve severed from careless lower wisdom tooth extraction. Permanent numbness to right half of tongue and taste alteration to 30 year old graphic designer. $602,506

DOG BITE

• Dog Bite - 10 year old boy bitten by neighbor's dog. Lost fingernail-sized portion of top of left ear. $175,000
• Dog Bite - 9 year old girl-scar to nostril. $100,000

ELDER ABUSE

• Elder Abuse - 72 year old woman in convalescent hospital is dropped while being transferred by a patient lift from bed to wheelchair. Fractured left femur. $425,000
• Elder Abuse - Elder care facility allows 80 year old patient with dementia to wander from the facility where they were supposed to be watching her. Fractured hip from fall. $300,000

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

• Employment Discrimination - Insurance company supervisor demotes female African American claims manager. Supervisors racial slurs witnessed by coworkers. $500,000

INSURANCE BAD FAITH & BREACH OF CONTRACT

• Insurance Bad Faith - Homeowner's policy-bad faith denial of property loss from fire. $250,000
• Breach of Contract -Homeowners Association fails to honor contract with public adjusting company. $750,000

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

• Medical Malpractice - Morphine overdose in hospital after back surgery. Wrongful death of 31 year old finance manager. $830,000
• Medical Malpractice -elderly woman suffers brain injury when medical staff replenishes her low sodium too rapidly. $750,000
• Medical Malpractice - Hospital's negligent failure to resuscitate 5 year old heart patient. Wrongful death. $624,774
• Medical Malpractice - Patient's duodenum cut during gallstone surgery. Peritonitis to 49 year old aerospace engineer. $350,459
• Medical Malpractice - 34 year old author develops staph infection from doctor's contaminated injection. Chronic osteomyalitis left shoulder. $300,000
• Medical Malpractice - Lining of lung punctured during exploratory surgery of 66 year old quadriplegic. Wrongful death. $270,000
• Medical Malpractice - Infection from surgical gauze left in woman's stomach from surgery. $210,000
• Medical Malpractice - Eye doctor fails to timely treat elevated eye pressure after detached retina surgery to 64 year old homemaker. Left eye vision loss. $157,500
• Medical Malpractice - Hospital staff leaves hot soup at bedside of 65 year old stroke patient. Burns to chest. $150,000
• Medical Malpractice -surgical sponge left inside retired rocket scientist during urinary surgery. $125,000
• Medical Malpractice - Small shoulder burn to retired farmer from physical therapist negligence. $110,000

NEGLIGENCE

• Negligence - School fails to provide eye protection for supervised hockey game. Eye injury to 7 year old boy. $1,375,000
• Negligence - Federal Tort Claims Act-Neck injury to 46 year old veteran when handicap hand rail came loose at VA hospital. $1,000,000
• Negligence - Restaurant - Bouncer slams 23 year old patron to the ground. Brain injury resulting in manic-depression. $900,000
• Negligence -Pain syndrome from department store sign falling on customer. $640,000
• Negligence - Rancher carelessly moving cattle on highway resulting in auto collision. Herniated cervical disc and wrist injury to 64 year old man. $500,000
• Negligence - Bus crashes into house. Property damage. $150,000

POLICE MISCONDUCT

• Police Misconduct - Unarmed 15 year old shot by police when he turns into an alley while heading home. Injury to stomach, liver and spleen $1,400,000

PREMISES LIABILITY

• Premises Liability - Multiple fractures to a forklift operator from a defective gate. $625,000
• Premises Liability - Failure to safeguard steam pipe. Burns to 28 year old chemical cleaner. $500,000
• Premises Liability - Homeowner's brickwork pattern conceals step-down resulting in fall to house guest. Brain injury resulting in loss of smell and taste alteration. $400,000
• Premises Liability - Electrical panel box explosion. Wrongful death to 34 year old electrician. $362,500
• Premises Liability - Hotel casino fails to warn that moving walkway is ending. Patron falls because she is standing sideways looking out the picture windows at the tropical scenery. Herniated lumbar disc. No surgery. $330,000
• Premises Liability -Back injury to supermarket employee who slipped and fell when maintenance company failed to block off recently waxed floor. $325,000
• Premises Liability - Plumber falls through collapsing floor. Torn labrum to shoulder. $316,512
• Premises Liability -severe laceration to young girl's foot when she caught it on a sharp edge of a poorly maintained kiddy ride at a pumpkin patch. $300,000
• Premises Liability - While pouring hot grease into disposal tank, fry cook slips on grease leaking from hole in bottom of tank. Burn injuries. $255,000
• Premises Liability -casino maintenance worker vacuums up a lit cigarette which causes vacuum cleaner bag to ignite. Patron inhales the smoke and suffers lung injury. $150,000

PRODUCT LIABILITY

• Product Liability/Negligence - Underground electrical switch explosion. Burns to 7 year old boy and 6 year old girl. $4,545,000
• Product Liability - Excessive heat to floor of truck. Burns to foot of a 29 year old woman. $400,000

SEXUAL MOLESTATION

• Sexual Molestation - High School football coach has affair with student as school administrators negligently ignore history of past complaints against coach. Emotional distress to 15 year old student. $Confidential